What is DroneBL?

A real-time tracker of abusable IPs.

Do you have problems with net-abuse on the services you run? DroneBL
is the first tracker aimed at solving the problems of abuse on real-time
and near-real-time social networks. It is not just another EMail blacklist
(although you can use it for that!), but instead a mostly distributed,
friend-to-friend DNSBL service, with the goal of becoming fully distributed
by the end of 2007.

DroneBL is making the internet safer

By maintaining a database of abusable and "rooted" machines, DroneBL
is making the internet a safer environment to participate in. For
example, many phishing sites are run on abusable and rooted machines.

Since DroneBL maintains a blacklist of abusable machines, ISPs can
aggregate that data into an effective blackhole strategy in order to
stop phishing attacks and other forms of net-abuse from reaching their
customers.

DroneBL helps to assess risk

The advanced statistics offered by DroneBL allow for determining where
to concentrate on looking for transient points of risk. This means that
ISPs and other services can concentrate on the at-risk netblocks instead
of less at-risk netblocks.

This means that services can predict and block abusive netblocks before
the abuse happens.

DroneBL helps to stop current abuse

The DNSBL service offered by DroneBL can be integrated into various IRC
server software, mail daemons and other platforms. There is no cost
associated with using the service, and people are encouraged to use it.

For more information about setting up the DroneBL DNSBL service, go
here.